Two-wheeled vehicle



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E. W. BAXTER.

TWO WHEELED VEHICLE.

No. 895,114.. Patented Dec. 25,1888.

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ATTORNEYS.

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' E. W. BAXTER.

TWO WEE-BLED VEHICLE. No. 396,114. Patented Dec. 25, 1888.

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E. W. BAXTER.

TWO WHEELBD VEHICLE.

No. 395,114. Patented Dec. 25, 1888.

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EMERY \V. BAXTER, OF lilTRR OAK, MICHIGAN.

TWO- -WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,114, dated December .95, I888.

Application filed March 9, 1888. Serial No. 266,690. (No model.)

To all 1072 0712 it may concern..-

.Be it known that I, EMERY W. .iAX'lER, of Burr Oak, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved 'iwo-lVheeled Vehicle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my new and improved two-wheeled vehicle, taken on the line :1: a: of Fig. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a tongue to be substituted for the thills. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the .same on the line y 1 of Fig. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional elevation on the line 2 .2 of Fig. Fig. (i is an enlarged broken view showing the preferred means of fastening the thills and the cross-bar of the tongue to the short permanent thill of the vehicle. Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of one of the key-plates of the thills. Fig. 8 is a detailed view of the yoke for attaching the body to the springs. Figs. J and 10 show modified methods of attaching the springs. Fig. 1'1. is a side view of one of the intermediate curved plates. Fig. 12 shows modified method of attachin upper front end of body to bar (1; and liigs. '12; and it are plan and side views, respectively, oi the seat-supporting irons.

The invention will lirst be dcscribml in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

To the axlcA areattached the short curved thill-scctions B 13, like the rear ends oi? ordill two-wheeleri-vchiclc thills. Those are connected togcthm: by the cross-piece and curved bar .I), and to which are sccurci'l. by suitable ("lttllllh the notched plates g g and the two springs E E, to the rear ends oi? which is attached a yoke, Y, consisting of a cross-piece, a, (sec liig. 8,) and rods a u, the lower ends of which are screw-thread d and provided with nuts (t so that by turning said nuts the cross-pieces (I, may be raised and lowered tor elevating or lmvoring the body of the vehicle.

The bodyot' the vehicle is coin msed ot' the curved side bars, F F, scat (l, and the series of slat-s ll. 'lhe side bars, F, are each formed of two curved platcs,ff, preferably of steel.

These are bolted or riveted together, and between them, at the bottom of the body, are placed the curved plates f (see Figs. 11 and 12,) preferably of cast-iron, which plates are provided with the bolts Z) Z), to which the slats H are secured, and at the lower edge of each of the plates f are formed notches or projections l), in which the cross-piece u of the yoke Y is held; or it may be formed with a series of notches, 1), at upper front end (see Fig. 1-2) and pivoted to irons B, which are secured to under surface of bar 0, so that the body may be shifted baclm'ard and forward in the notches B to vary the leverage of the body on its thills. A guard, in, attached to each plate f to hold the yoke in place in the notches b.

The upper front ends oi? the side bars, F, are pivoted to the plates 9 g, which are formed with holes and secured to the bar or curved bar D, 01' both, and to the rear ends of said side bars are pivoted the irons 71. beneath the seat G.

The body of the vehicle is suspended from the springs .E by the yoke 1 and this yoke may be shifted backward and :t'orward in. the notches I) to vary the leverage of the body upon the springs to adjust said leverage to the weight of the rider.

To the scat (i are attachml the irons h,which are slotted at 717 71 permit the seat to be adjl'isted backward and :lorward, and are Formed with the dowiawardlyprojm-ting arms 71', which. pass between the plates ff, forming the side bars, F. Each of these arms is Formed with s( .veral. holes to receive a bolt passed through corrcspomling holes in. the plates f for ai'ljusting the pitch of. the seat (l.

.l' J represent the front sections of the thills, which may be detached from the rear sections,ll,:lor the purpose oli attz'tching the tongue K, (shown in Fig. 3,) which ispirovided withv a cross-bar, ii, the ends of which are adapted to be fastened to the ends of the thill-sca'itions Ii. The strap 1.; at the end of the tongue is adapted to be attached. to the center of the curved bar l), n'cl'crably by a bolt, 7t, as llltllfiitlttl. in Fig. 2.

I prefer to attach the :front sections, J, of the thills to the rear section, B, by means of plates H, (see Fig. 6,) secured to said sections, 'IGSPP/ChlVG/ly, at top and bottom, and which are slotted, as shown at on, to receive the wedge-shaped keys L L. The wedge L is in the shape of a boltavhich passes through the upper and lower plates and receives the nut m at its lower end, and the wedge L is in the nature of a wedge-shaped washer placed upon the bolt portion 1 and forced. into the slots by turning up the nut in. The keys L L being thus forced into the correspomling slots made in the overlapping platesj they draw said plates and the sections B J together, forming a firm and reliable tastenin g.

The fastening of the tongue K to the rear sections, B, of the thills is effected also by the keys L L, said keys passing through thcslots t of the plates 71, seeu red at the ends of the cross-piece K of the tongue, said keys also passing through the slots on of the plates j; but I do not confine myself to this mode of attaching sections J to the rearsections, B, of the thills, also the cross-piece K of the tongue, as similar attachments can be made and accomplish the same result.

The tongue K is provided upon the under surface with the truss-rod K secured at one end to an eye, it, of the ferrule p, or it may be secured to the tongue K, and at the other to the cross-bai-K or tongue K and held away from the tongue at the center by the bridge 1). By the use' of this truss rod the tongue maybe made very light and yet strong and very stiff. The cross-barli is also trussed by the rod K and central bridge, 7?, as shown clearly in. l ig. 5, so thatthe tongue as a whole is made strong, very light, and stilt, so it will not tremble and jar from the motion of the wheels and axle.

Instead of attaching the springs E to the cross-pieces C D, I may attach them to the under surface of the thills, as shown in Fig. 9, or I may attach them to the upper surface of the thills, as shown in Fig. 10, the springs curving upward, as shown in said figure.

The whiftletrees may be attached to the tongue in any suitable manner, or for a single horse may be attached to the centers of the bars D and C in any suitable manner. I

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the side bars, I1, each curved and formed of two parallel curved plates, ff, united together substantially as described.

In a two-wheeled vehicle, the side bars, F, each formed of two curved plates united together, in combination with an intermediate plate, f substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the curved plates f, of an intermediate plate, f, formed with the adjusting-notches, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The curved plates f, formed or provided with the bolts b, in combination with the curved plates ff and slats II, substantially as described.

The springs E and sidebars, F F, pivoted to the plates g, in combination with the yoke Y, composed of the rods a a and vertically -adjustable cross-bar u, substantially as described.

6. The seat G, adj ustably connected to irons 72., provided with downwar,lly-projecting arms 71, adapted to be secured'to the side bars, F, for adjusting the pitch of the seat, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the side bars, F, springs E, and yoke Y, the cross-piece of which is vertically adjustable, of the seat G, adapted to be adjusted upon a pivot for changing its pitch, substantially as described.

8. The trout thill-sections, J, provided with the slotted fastening-plates j and the rear thill-sections, B, provided with the slotted fastening-plates j, in combination with the wedge-shaped keys L L, bolt Z, and nut m, substantially as described.

EMERY IV. BAXTER.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLIE W. HOTCHIN, GEO. W. BEISEL. 

